Two Community Halls, Water Supply Scheme inaugurated in Singhat subdivision

Two community halls and one water supply scheme were inaugurated on Saturday by Ginsuanhau, MLA of 60 Singhat Assembly Constituency in the remote villages situated along the Indo Myanmar border in Churachandpur district Source Hueiyen News Service

Two community halls and one water supply scheme were inaugurated on Saturday by Ginsuanhau, MLA of 60 Singhat Assembly Constituency in the remote villages situated along the Indo Myanmar border in Churachandpur district Source Hueiyen News Service

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Nonlocal fraud disappears with Rs 35 lakh

At a time when pro ILPS movement is gaining momentum, a non local has allegedly duped State natives and disappeared with Rs 35 lakh Source The Sangai Express

At a time when pro ILPS movement is gaining momentum, a non local has allegedly duped State natives and disappeared with Rs 35 lakh Source The Sangai Express

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ZYF urges to defer inauguration of Bailey bridge over Barak river

Strongly objecting to the proposed inauguration of the incomplete suspension bailey bridge built over Barak river between Dikiuram and Katang village on September 1, Zeliangrong Youth Front ZYF has urged the State Government to defer inauguration of…

Strongly objecting to the proposed inauguration of the incomplete suspension bailey bridge built over Barak river between Dikiuram and Katang village on September 1, Zeliangrong Youth Front ZYF has urged the State Government to defer inauguration of the same till necessary technical rectification is made in the interest of the general public Source Hueiyen News Service Daniel Kamei

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UCM condemns

The United Committee Manipur UCM has also strongly condemned the killing of Ayopam Ramror, 39, and V S Ram kashing, 29, by the security forces in a UNC organised march yesterday Source The Sangai Express

The United Committee Manipur UCM has also strongly condemned the killing of Ayopam Ramror, 39, and V S Ram kashing, 29, by the security forces in a UNC organised march yesterday Source The Sangai Express

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Pradhan shot at another attacked

Pradhan of Sawombung Gram Panchayat, Yourabung Khunou under Lamlai Police Station, Imphal East has been hospitalized after he was shot at by unidentified miscreants on August 30 around 7 Source Hueiyen News Service

Pradhan of Sawombung Gram Panchayat, Yourabung Khunou under Lamlai Police Station, Imphal East has been hospitalized after he was shot at by unidentified miscreants on August 30 around 7 Source Hueiyen News Service

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Tangkhul bodies decry

Different Tangkhul bodies have condemned the police action in Ukhrul town yesterday in which two persons died and several others injured Source The Sangai Express

Different Tangkhul bodies have condemned the police action in Ukhrul town yesterday in which two persons died and several others injured Source The Sangai Express

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Govt plan to acquire more land for MPTC denounced

In condemnation of the government’s plan to acquire vast areas of agricultural land in Waiton village including a playground, lake and cemetery in the name of expansion of Manipur Police Training Centre MPTC , Pangei in Imphal East, a protest rally wa…

In condemnation of the government’s plan to acquire vast areas of agricultural land in Waiton village including a playground, lake and cemetery in the name of expansion of Manipur Police Training Centre MPTC , Pangei in Imphal East, a protest rally was staged jointly by Youth Development Association Club, Waiton Ideal Club Prince Club Waiton Nishaband Association and Waiton Meira Paibi Lup today Source Hueiyen News Service

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Waiton rallies against ‘land encroachment’

Locals of Waiton today staged a sit in protest at Waiton ground and took out a protest rally at the locality against alleged land encroachment move of Manipur Police Training Centre MPTC Source The Sangai Express

Locals of Waiton today staged a sit in protest at Waiton ground and took out a protest rally at the locality against alleged land encroachment move of Manipur Police Training Centre MPTC Source The Sangai Express

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ESF Maram’s fresher’s meet cum felicitation held

The 5th fresher’s meet cum felicitation of Eimi Students’ Fellowship, Maram was organized on Saturday at Taphou Kuki Village by Kuki Students’ Organization, Sadar Hills Source Hueiyen News Service

The 5th fresher’s meet cum felicitation of Eimi Students’ Fellowship, Maram was organized on Saturday at Taphou Kuki Village by Kuki Students’ Organization, Sadar Hills Source Hueiyen News Service

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International Overdose Awareness Day

As in other parts of the world, International Overdose Awareness Day was observed by Community Network for Environment CONE at Manipur Press Club here today Source Hueiyen News Service

As in other parts of the world, International Overdose Awareness Day was observed by Community Network for Environment CONE at Manipur Press Club here today Source Hueiyen News Service

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UNC announces total shutdown during funeral

Public funeral service for Mayopam Ramror and VS Ramkasing, who allegedly died in police firing in Ukhrul town yesterday, would be performed under the aegis of United Naga Council UNC at the public ground of the town at 10 am tomorrow Source The S…

Public funeral service for Mayopam Ramror and VS Ramkasing, who allegedly died in police firing in Ukhrul town yesterday, would be performed under the aegis of United Naga Council UNC at the public ground of the town at 10 am tomorrow Source The Sangai Express

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Nonlocal dupes Rs 35 lakh from locals

At a time when the people of Manipur are cautious enough towards checking inflow of non locals into the state and the public’s cry for implementation of Inner Line Permit ILP System is growing louder with each passing day, an incident of non local ma…

At a time when the people of Manipur are cautious enough towards checking inflow of non locals into the state and the public’s cry for implementation of Inner Line Permit ILP System is growing louder with each passing day, an incident of non local man duping people with an amount of Rs 35 lakhs on the pretext of constructing hospitals, schools and a Masjid place of worship for Muslims has come to light Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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Ibobi visits injured victims, promises Rs 5 lakh exgratia

Chief Minister O Ibobi today personally visited four injured victims at JNIMS and RIMS, and extended monetary aid to their families Source The Sangai Express

Chief Minister O Ibobi today personally visited four injured victims at JNIMS and RIMS, and extended monetary aid to their families Source The Sangai Express

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Uncontrolled price rise of essential goods in State discussed

Protection Preservation Committee, Manipur PPCM organized a one day discussion programme on the topic ‘Uncontrolled Price Rise of Essential Commodities in Manipur’ at Manipur Press Club here on Saturday Source Hueiyen News Service

Protection Preservation Committee, Manipur PPCM organized a one day discussion programme on the topic ‘Uncontrolled Price Rise of Essential Commodities in Manipur’ at Manipur Press Club here on Saturday Source Hueiyen News Service

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Manipur Hockey Elects Its New Office Bearers – E-Pao.net

Manipur Hockey Elects Its New Office BearersE-Pao.netImphal, August 31 2014: Manipur Hockey, in its General Body Meeting held today at the Conference Hall of Youth Hostel Khuman Lampak, has elected the new office bearers for the 17-member Executive Cou…

Manipur Hockey Elects Its New Office Bearers
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Imphal, August 31 2014: Manipur Hockey, in its General Body Meeting held today at the Conference Hall of Youth Hostel Khuman Lampak, has elected the new office bearers for the 17-member Executive Council for 2014-2018 . In the Election conducted …

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Manipur Students in Delhi led by MSAD paid condolence to victims of Ukhrul violence

Delhi 31-Aug-2014: Volunteers of MSAD and others today, 31 August 2014, gathered at the University of Delhi and paid condolence to late Mayopam Ramror (09-01-1979), s/o L.R. Hangyui of Teinem Village,

Delhi 31-Aug-2014: Volunteers of MSAD and others today, 31 August 2014, gathered at the University of Delhi and paid condolence to late Mayopam Ramror (09-01-1979), s/o L.R. Hangyui of Teinem Village, Ukhrul and Ramkashing Vashi (01-03-1988 to 30-08-2014), s/o L. Christopher Vashi of Teinem Village, Ukhrul) who were killed in police firing to suppress a public demonstration held in Ukhrul. In addition to candle lighting and two minutes silence in the name of those who were being killed, MSAD raised various slogans such as; Stop State Terrorism, Condemn Undemocratic and Inhuman Governance, Manipur Govt. Stop Killing Innocent Civilians and, Militarization is not the Democratic Solution. MSAD reiterated its appeal that militarization could not be a solution to any political question. MSAD condemned the Government for its failure to peaceful handling of the tense situation in Ukhrul.

 

Condolence for the departed souls
Condolence for the departed souls
Condolence for the departed souls
Condolence for the departed souls

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Ukhrul Outrage

The clashes that occurred in Ukhrul yesterday during a United Naga Council rally pushing for an early resolution of the Indo-Naga issue among others, resulting in the loss of two

The clashes that occurred in Ukhrul yesterday during a United Naga Council rally pushing for an early resolution of the Indo-Naga issue among others, resulting in the loss of two young lives and several more injured was tragic and deplorable, but it would not be wrong to say the tension that led to the explosion was building up for quite some time now ever since the assassination of an ADC member, Ngalangzar Malue, at Finch Corner a month and a half ago, and the subsequent imposition of ban order under the CrPC Section 144 in Ukhrul district headquarters. The State government also rushed and stationed additional forces of India Reserve Battalion and police commandos there, much to the resentment of the residents. It must also be said, often it is not just the presence of government forces that ordinary people are averse to per se, but the likelihood of violent clashes with forces hostile to the State that their presence is likely to bring, and in which crossfire the ordinary residents may find themselves caught. This is the reality of any insurgency situation, and a drama played out in so many different conflict theatres in the State perennially. That the UNC rallies were held at all Naga majority districts but all except the one at Ukhrul turned violent is testimony of this residual tension. There were of course some reports from the Senapati district where signs of some minor skirmishes between the UNC rallyists and Sadar Hills district demand activists also showed up, pointing to the multi-pronged conflict time-bomb that Manipur rests on currently. Although nothing can compensate for loss of lives, it is at least a consolation that the Manipur government has promptly declared ex-gratia payments to the families of the two young men killed. The money is nothing, but at least the initiative is a welcome sign that the government is forthright enough to show remorse at its strong arm measures.

Tragic as the case may be, it is even more disturbing to think this is unlikely to be the end of similar violent clashes between the State and different sections of the people, and worse still, quite imaginably between different communities too. So far the latter variety of clashes have not happened ever since the 1990s, when ethnic riots swept both the hills and the valley of the State, first a brief clash between the Meitei and Meitei Pangal, in what has been described as a historical aberration, and then a more sustained one between the Nagas and Kukis, which caused much more deaths, injuries and displacements. There were other occasions when clashes of the ethnic hue had seemed almost imminent, but thankfully each time good senses prevailed, and despite numerous mutual provocations, the saner memories of traditional ties prevailed to save the day. But, those days of tension should be a caution not just for the government but the people themselves. When the ground becomes dry as tinder, a little spark can cause wild fires, and nobody would doubt possibilities such wild fires could have been the nightmarish realities on many of those occasions. And sure enough, such sparks can be lit by sinister and unscrupulous Grim Reaper incarnates and selfish ambulance chasers too. In the Meitei-Pangal clashes for instance, it was seldom, if ever, a case of clashes between neighbours, but of marauding gangs on dark murderous missions, perpetrating most of the killings and arsons. While passions of the day can blind anybody and everybody, there is no gainsaying the wounds of disastrous clashes such passions can lead to would leave scars on all sides that would take generations to heal. We can only be grateful to providence that such a nightmare has not come to pass, and we pray it never ever happens either.

The potential for violence as we have seen in Ukhrul yesterday continues to loom precisely because visions of political future of different communities have not only become divergent from each other as well as those of the State, but they have also become blind to the ground reality which says there can be no other than a multi-ethnic future for the State. The demographic composition of the State says this loudly and clearly, and it can only be depravity of mind which makes anyone not hear or see this. It cannot be by any definition be an easy task for any State to handle a conflicting social situation. But the Manipur government has no choice but to look for a democratic path out of its own social conflict situation. It can begin by being the governance agent it is meant to be in earnest, rather than be on perpetual personal aggrandisement missions, politicking and playing political musical chairs in the scramble for ministerial portfolios with brokerage handles on lucrative government development projects.
It must also however be remembered that it needs two hands to clap. Civil society organisations often act as foils to the militarised State in accentuating these conflict situations, precisely by not seeing beyond their noses and thereby being blind to the social realities of this multi-ethnic State. They too can be as bigoted as the State, and have far too often reduced the practice of democracy to what Karl Popper calls, “Mobocracy”.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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Give Manipur its life back, and Irom Sharmila her freedom – Daily Mail

Daily MailGive Manipur its life back, and Irom Sharmila her freedomDaily MailThe people in Manipur also do. It needs the humanity which realises that the brutalisation of Manipuri students in South Delhi and devastation of the state may both come from …


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Give Manipur its life back, and Irom Sharmila her freedom
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